So, I bought Lux-Pain yesterday. Used. Somebody didn't like the game very much (three save files with only twenty minutes on each and nothing in the archives).
I'm currently in the middle Episode 02. I am already beginning to get a little freaked out as to what this game might entail. It's... kind of a good and bad freaked out. I think that's kind of a good thing, though, because if I wasn't freaked out by the idea of mass murder, group suicides, sadastic animal cruelty, and etc., I would be disturbed at my own apathy towards such things. But if they start showing corpses and mutilated animals, I anticipate a certain level of 'as;ldofkjansdf OH MY oh my GOD I am really really FREAKING OUT right now' to occur. P:
To be honest, I got edgy during 00. I was afraid that some psycho would pop out of nowhere or that some corpse would just, like, fall on top of Atsuki or something. Oh god.
Next, I will echo several complaints on this game that I've seen so far: The voice acting and translations? Yeah, they don't really match up at points. It's kind of lulzy in places, actually, but considering this is supposed to be a serious game, it detracts from it. I'm also not really enthusiastic about some of the voice acting. At least Atsuki's voice fits, or I would be sitting there agonizing over how he just doesn't sound right for twenty-plus hours as I played the game.
I think I see some typecasting going on already. I'm hoping it doesn't end up with stereotypes running all over the place and with all the predictable people breaking. Though judging from the spoilers I read it seems like pretty much everybody breaks, lol. I'm pretty sure Yayoi is suicidal and the teacher -- Yamoto, I think his name was -- has to have a SILENT. And I have an edgy feeling about Shinji, too. The only characters I don't really feel will be particularly affected are Nami, Rui, and strangely enough, Ryo.
Initially I thought that Liu Yee was fishy as all hell too but I am quickly gaining faith in him. I think it's ironic he's the only Chinese one considering they're always talking about the Shanghai Incident or whatever it's called.
The gameplay is easy enough, though it took me a while to realize I could use the top screen to find worms instead of blindly using 'search' over and over again. Hopefully this will not change throughout the game or I'm seriously screwed over. I also have yet to encounter a SILENT, but from the way it's described in the pamphlet it should be easy enough. In other news, please pick one translation and stick with it, oh god -- Ethers? Worms? Shinen? Are these all different words for the same thing?!
And just to state the obvious: Atsuki/Everybody = canon so freaking hard, canon canon canon.
I am also a bit nervous that missing some scenes will cause an eventual game-over that can't be avoided. I know I already missed one: 02, in the Art Room, during lunch... probably with Yayoi. Ggg. Hoping that this doesn't kill the game in one go because I didn't make any spare save files and I don't want to play through the two episodes again.
All in all, I think I will enjoy it for its plot. Then again, I enjoyed Rondo of Swords for its plot, so that doesn't say much. P: